The photos of the two stallions below come from the article, ‘L’Opinion des Arabes sur le cheval’, printed in the 3 March 1900 issue of Le Sport universel illustré. Kapa-Kaifa [sic] (above) was a 1894 bay Kuhaylan ‘Ajuz stallion, purchased in Kaila, Syria. I am not certain that the name of the horse, nor the location where he was bought, are spelled correctly, given the typo ababe for arabe in the caption. Edit: See Edouard’s comment below, identifying him as Karak-Kaifa. The photo of Chouk (below) was reprinted by Lady Wentworth in The Authentic Arabian Horse, where she criticised it as an example of poor presentation of a good horse.
The photos below come from a serialised article, ‘L’Opinion des Arabes sur le cheval’, in Le Sport Universel Illustré no. 190, 10 March 1900. The dapple grey above is a 5 year old stallion, whose sire was from the region around Urfa. The mare below, photographed by Captain Defrance, is also five, and is herself from the Urfa region. Unfortunately there is no further information on either of these two provided in the article.
The photo below comes from the article ‘L’Arabe et l’Anglo-Arabe à l’Exposition hippique universelle’, from Le Sport Universel Illustré, 22 September 1900. The original caption reads: DEHMAN-CHUEIMAN Pur-sang arabe noir, 1 m. 48, né en 1895, dans la tribu Chammar; 1er prix des étalons de pur-sang arabe, appartient au général Mouzaffer The stallion, bred by the Shammar, was brought from Turkey to Paris for the Exposition Universelle, where he was shown alongside Arabians from France, England, Hungary and Russia, including the three-year-old chetsnut Sinaï (future sire of Djebel), and Mesaoud. I am not certain if Dehman Chueiman is supposed to be the Dahman Shahwan strain, or if the horse’s name is Dahman and his strain Shuwayman. Note that the Pompadour stallion Dahman, foaled in 1900, also came from the Shammar (though he is a Rabdan sired by a Dahman; see Edouard’s post on his hujjah in Mauvy’s Le Cheval Arabe). The results of the competition are given below (p. 599): La Hongrie a présenté le plus bel étalon arabe (gris) réunissant la qualité, la noblesse, l’étoffe, la conformation irréprochable: c’est le no 8 du catalogue, nommé O’Bajan-6 (au gouvernement).La Turquie a cueilli une médaille d’or et 2.000 francs avec Dehman…
Below is a photo of the grey mare Sabine, foaled in 1900, who is presumably the daughter of two of M. Portalès’ imports. The picture comes from the article, ‘Les chevaux du midi’, printed in the 27 October 1907 Le Sport universel illustré. Mossoul’s entry in volume 11 of the Stud-Book français (1894) says he was out of a Saqlawiyah, and came from the ‘Anazah. Kadidja’s entry, in the same volume, says she was from the Mawali. Her sire was a Kuhaylan al-Kharass and her dam a Saadat; in Edouard’s post on Georges Tabet’s 1937 Ansaab al-Khayl al-Arabiyah the Sa’dan Tuqan, Sa’dan al-Hassun and Sa’dan al-Najr are all three said to be “with the Mawali”. There are photos of Mossoul and Kadidja in two prior posts on imported stallions and mares at Pompadour.
The photos below come from ‘Le haras de Pompadour’, printed in the 14 April 1900 edition of Le Sport universel illustré. Mossoul, an ‘Anazah stallion, imported in 1892. The article has a brief description of Mossoul, praising his forehand, chest and haunches, while casting a critical eye at his top line: Mossoul, de la tribu des Anésés, importé en 1892 par M. Portalès, inspecteur général du 2e arrondissement; cet étalon, auquel on ne peut guère reprocher que son dessus, accuse une très grande noblesse: ses tissus sont très fins, et il est bien fait dans son avant-main, dans sa poitrine et ses hanches. Beni Kaled, imported in 1896. The article names three of the other stallions M. Portalès acquired during his 1896 trip: a black Ubayyan named Moudir, Sham and Mzérib. Moudir and Beni Kaled both stood at Pompadour. In the description of Beni Kaled below, he is praised for his top line, the depth of his chest, his good legs and his remarkable movement, while his forehand shows the “oriental stamp”: Dénotant bien le cachet oriental, dans son avant-main, avec un très bon dessus, de la profondeur de poitrine, des membres de bonne nature, Beni-Kaled remarquable en mouvement, s’affirme…
The photos and text below come from ‘Le haras de Pompadour’, printed in the 21 April 1900 edition of Le Sport universel illustré. Kadidja, imported in 1892. Malakaa, imported in 1896. El-Zhora, imported in 1896. She was nicknamed The White Pearl with a Black Collar, due to her tattoos. An excerpt from the article follows below, naming the importer, M. Portalès, and the dates of his buying missions. The mares from the 1892 expedition are said to be small in size, with Hamaïda, Zaaleh and Kadidja notable dams of stallions. The mares from the 1896 expedition – Malakaa, El-Zhora and Zibda – are larger. Zibda, described as powerful with good legs, nearly did not make it to France: one of the first horses that M. Portalès purchased on his second trip, he left her in El Ghor while he ventured into the desert, only to find that she had been secreted away in a stable in his absence (pp. 247f.). Les arabes forment deux groupes: les unes venant d’Orient, les autres nées à Pompadour de parents importés.Les orientales ont presque toutes été ramenées par M. Portalès, l’inspecteur général du 2e arrondissement. Harmonieuses dans leur ensemble, puissantes dans leurs hanches, dénotant…